PEOPLE v. WATTS


48 A.D.2d 863 (1975)

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Alfred Watts, Appellant

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, Second Department.

June 9, 1975


Judgment modified, on the law, by reversing the conviction of kidnapping in the second degree and the sentence imposed thereon, and the count for said crime is dismissed. As so modified, judgment affirmed.

The proof of kidnapping in the second degree (Penal Law, § 135.20) was insufficient, since the evidence showed that any detention of the victim was incidental to the commission of the crimes of rape and sexual misconduct (People v Lombardi,

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